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"fivestar* helped MSA turn their Power Apps challenges into a streamlined, data-driven solution—empowering real-time decision-making and driving production efficiency across the board."
MSA Safety Incorporated is a global leader in the development, manufacturing, and supply of safety products designed to protect individuals and facility infrastructures. Many of MSA's products integrate advanced technologies, including electronics, mechanical systems, and innovative materials, to safeguard users from hazardous or life-threatening situations.
MSA relies heavily on its skilled production line workers to ensure the efficient and high-quality manufacturing of its safety products. To monitor various production metrics, MSA developed a custom application within Power Apps, enabling employees to log time spent on the production floor and track other key metrics. However, the application encountered challenges, including data inaccuracies and the absence of critical screens for administrators to review essential metrics and statistics.
To address the challenges within MSA’s custom Power Apps application, our team implemented a series of enhancements that improved functionality, data accuracy, and overall efficiency. By utilizing Power Apps and Power Automate, we optimized key processes, ensuring a more seamless and reliable user experience for both production line employees and administrators including:
Enhanced Application Processes: Refined several workflow processes within the custom Power Apps application to improve usability and efficiency.
Additional Data Tracking Tables: Introduced new tables to capture and store more data, to ensure more accurate and comprehensive tracking.
Advanced Administrative Screens: Developed screens for administrators, allowing them to review, analyze and act on essential metrics and statistics.
Robust Security Measures: Implemented strong security measures to protect data integrity.
Automated Repetitive Tasks: Improved efficiency by using Power Automate, to streamline processes by automating repetitive tasks.
Improved Accuracy in Monitoring Metrics: Enhanced data validation and reporting mechanisms, enabling MSA to monitor production metrics with greater accuracy.
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These improvements have enabled MSA to monitor production metrics with greater accuracy, allowing the company to focus its efforts on production lines and product development initiatives. With real-time access to reliable data, teams can now identify inefficiencies, allocate resources more effectively, and make informed decisions that drive operational excellence. The improved visibility enables leadership to quickly address issues, streamline workflows, and focus on innovation. Fivestar* continues to support MSA’s mission to deliver high-quality safety products more efficiently.The unique advantage of RoboticsCareer.org is its core data-model that leverages the ARM competency framework and connects it to all assets tracked in the site including jobs, programs, and the actual end-users/seekers. The competency framework provides a forum through the site where meaningful connections can be made on behalf of organizations and individuals seeking opportunities. These connections are based on interests, preferences, needs, goals, and experiences that help the system determine optimal pathways for individuals that include knowledge development, certifications, and jobs. The core model that drives the site considers current needs versus long-term goals of individual seekers and competency gaps in the marketplace.
